diff --git a/drivers/mci/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mci/dw_mmc.c
index e4c550c..f035317 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/dw_mmc.c
@@ -602,9 +602,6 @@
 		host->mci.host_caps &= ~MMC_CAP_BIT_DATA_MASK;
 		host->mci.host_caps |= pdata->bus_width_caps;
 	} else if (dev->device_node) {
-		const char *alias = of_alias_get(dev->device_node);
-		if (alias)
-			host->mci.devname = xstrdup(alias);
 		of_property_read_u32(dev->device_node, "dw-mshc-ciu-div",
 				&host->ciu_div);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc.c b/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc.c
index 7f22856..09df794 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/imx-esdhc.c
@@ -668,10 +668,6 @@
 		mci->host_caps = pdata->caps;
 		if (pdata->devname)
 			mci->devname = pdata->devname;
-	} else if (dev->device_node) {
-		const char *alias = of_alias_get(dev->device_node);
-		if (alias)
-			mci->devname = xstrdup(alias);
 	}
 
 	if (caps & ESDHC_HOSTCAPBLT_HSS)
diff --git a/drivers/mci/mci-core.c b/drivers/mci/mci-core.c
index 0bd68b1..67257bc 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/mci-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/mci-core.c
@@ -1862,6 +1862,7 @@
 {
 	u32 bus_width;
 	u32 dsr_val;
+	const char *alias;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OFDEVICE))
 		return;
@@ -1869,6 +1870,10 @@
 	if (!host->hw_dev || !np)
 		return;
 
+	alias = of_alias_get(np);
+	if (alias)
+		host->devname = xstrdup(alias);
+
 	/* "bus-width" is translated to MMC_CAP_*_BIT_DATA flags */
 	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "bus-width", &bus_width) < 0) {
 		/* If bus-width is missing we get the driver's default, which
diff --git a/drivers/mci/mxs.c b/drivers/mci/mxs.c
index 446da8a..afd6a56 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/mxs.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/mxs.c
@@ -574,12 +574,6 @@
 		/* fixed to 3.3 V */
 		host->voltages = MMC_VDD_32_33 | MMC_VDD_33_34;
 
-		if (hw_dev->device_node) {
-			const char *alias = of_alias_get(hw_dev->device_node);
-			if (alias)
-				host->devname = xstrdup(alias);
-		}
-
 		mci_of_parse(host);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/mci/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mci/omap_hsmmc.c
index d8e40ab..4e809ba 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -634,12 +634,6 @@
 			hsmmc->mci.devname = pdata->devname;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->device_node) {
-		const char *alias = of_alias_get(dev->device_node);
-		if (alias)
-			hsmmc->mci.devname = xstrdup(alias);
-	}
-
 	mci_of_parse(&hsmmc->mci);
 
 	dev->priv = hsmmc;
diff --git a/drivers/mci/tegra-sdmmc.c b/drivers/mci/tegra-sdmmc.c
index e465d89..4c47918 100644
--- a/drivers/mci/tegra-sdmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mci/tegra-sdmmc.c
@@ -411,10 +411,7 @@
 static void tegra_sdmmc_parse_dt(struct tegra_sdmmc_host *host)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = host->mci.hw_dev->device_node;
-	const char *alias = of_alias_get(np);
 
-	if (alias)
-		host->mci.devname = xstrdup(alias);
 	host->gpio_cd = of_get_named_gpio(np, "cd-gpios", 0);
 	host->gpio_pwr = of_get_named_gpio(np, "power-gpios", 0);
 	mci_of_parse(&host->mci);